North Korea calls 'The Interview' an "act of war"

Turns out, North Korea is not okay with a movie about a plot to assassinate Kim Jong-Un



A few weeks ago, the internet dropped the first teaser trailer for The Interview, the upcoming comedy starring James Franco and Seth Rogen as journalists who score the interview of a lifetime with Kim Jong-Un, only to be enlisted by the CIA to carry out a plot to assassinate the North Korean dictator.

Well, we can confirm that the real North Korea has seen the trailer, and they are not happy about it.

North Korea's take on new US movie: "Act of war"

The release of The Interview would apparently equate an "act of war." According a spokesman for North Korea's Foreign Ministry, if the U.S. government doesn't stop the movie's release, it will face "stern" and "merciless" retaliation. Turns out, North Korea does not have a good sense of humor about this kind of thing.

Randall Park stars as Kim Jong-Un in 'The Interview' trailer

Seth Rogen and James Franco are journalists enlisted to assassinate the North Korean dictator



Aaaaand here's the first teaser trailer for The Interview, starring Seth Rogen and James Franco. The movie also stars our good friend Randall Park... as none other than Kim Jong-Un, dictator of North Korea. Yup.

Franco and Rogen play a celebrity talk show host and producer who score the interview of a lifetime with Kim Jong-un. When they are approached by the CIA and asked to kill the elusive North Korean dictator, they become the least qualified men ever to carry out an assassination plot.

Take a look:

Aziz Ansari takes down racist, homophobic jokes at Comedy Central's Roast of James Franco

"I think it's so cool that some of you guys were able to travel back in time to 1995 for those Indian jokes..."



So last night, Comedy Central aired its Roast of James Franco, during which comedians stepped up to a microphone to make fun of the multi-hyphenate actor with every tasteless joke possible. This included all kinds of gay jokes and racist humor, because why not, that's always funny to somebody.

Then it was comedian Aziz Ansari's turn. He used his moment at the dais to call out the evening's lazy-ass racism and homophobia, including the barrage of outdated Indian jokes that were flung his way.

"Those stereotypes are so outdated. My God. There's more Indian dudes doing sitcoms than there are running 7-11s. We are straight up snatching roles from white actors. My last three roles were Randy, Chet and Tom."

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